Great concept, and I like how it's actually possible to scale it to have everything up to date, so you don't have to manage something at the size of IMDb.
I imagine the vampire shows will also be very popular, if you add them. The Glee Project as well.
Less excited about the Facebook log-in, but it's better than nothing for those with an account.
If I were you, I'd shop the site around to gossip sites like Perez, Popsugar and Buzznet as opposed to the tech sites like Techcrunch most of us think of.
I'd be interested to see to which degree this is a "website" versus a "start-up", but time will tell. Just remember that you should start this at a grassroots level with places like Zetaboards-powered forums. You'd also be doing yourself a major disservice, if you did not integrate a Tumblr blog with the site to capitalize on its viral capacity and its central fan demographic; Tumblr is basically the new Livejournal for TV show blather.
Is it possible to pre-populate the data for this from pre-existing sources (like the TV show itself publishing information about where the clothing is from?). The reason I ask is that I stumbled on a Mad Men "fashion show" where the fashion designer from Mad Men talked about where you could buy clothing like the actors wore from stores (Macy's, I think). I'm guessing this information is available somewhere, although maybe I'm wrong. Do you make money on the referrals to the department stores via links?
Seems very inconsistent to me. You could probably manage for some shows, but not all. For example, a while ago I felt the urge to figure out where the suits from Better Off Ted came from. It took a disproportionate amount of digging to even get a tiny hint. Never found out the actual answer
We do have some of the links as affiliate links. That's our first source of revenue which will hopefully enable us to bootstrap to the next level.
In principal, there should be a system to do this automatically. What we're seeing is that Hollywood has trouble getting it in place. Lots of issues arise and it's been tried before, but at the end of the day it has never been executed well. Our goal is to execute in progressively bigger steps until we can be working directly with the studios, but that's a long way away. :)
Nicely done. I can see a lot of possibilities for this app.
Having the ability to crowd source the answers seems like a good idea, but might be difficult to manage poor suggestions. I couldn't tell if there was some kind of "karma" type score for users that get the best answer.
Thanks! We're trying to expand quickly, so please do come back!
We tried to use FB sparingly. It's useful to us because if you want to post comments or suggest an item, it's now much more likely you're going to tie it to your account. This hopefully helps reduce spam, on top of the obvious benefits of sharing with others in your feed. You can also "love" (vote up + save) items if you're logged in.
The flip side is that the site is very usable without ever logging in, which is fine too. The login is only needed if you're trying to discuss or further interact with the site. I think it's a pretty good balance.
2) Will you do movies? I'd like to know what shirt Daniel Craig is wearing in several scenes from "The girl with the dragon tatoo" -- I'd like to know what shoes and suit Ryan gosling was wearing in "Crazy Stupid Love" etc...
3) if you get information from the costume designers/stylists of these shows - do they get a commission on sales of items from their designs?
Also - Post this to Quora and try to get the interest of Ashton Kutcher - he is very active on Quora, a well known startup investor and obviously entrenched in Hollywood.
2) Will you do movies? I'd like to know what shirt Daniel
Craig is wearing in several scenes from "The girl with
the dragon tatoo" -- I'd like to know what shoes and suit
Ryan gosling was wearing in "Crazy Stupid Love" etc...
I wouldn't be surprised if there were women who were interested in dressing up their boyfriends, fiancés, and husbands as Ryan Gosling, too.
Love it - As Seen on Screen (http://www.asos.com) used to be like this for the UK - started off with the clothes from Trainspotting I think - but now it's just another highstreet type brand.
Definitely a gap in the market for this, esp if it's done well. Good luck!
You should resize your images and display the thumbnails throughout the site. Not sure what your stack is, but I use imagemagick bindings for nodejs to do just that (npm install imagemagick). Obviously imagemagick may be accessed through most programming languages.
This idea is great. How many times have I heard my gf saying "I need the same shoes as her" or "I love this dress" while watching a TV show and trying to google it without success most of the time.
Hope you'll be successful!
Very clever. You have a unique idea and a great product so far.
In my opinion, you should really avoid calling yourself the ___ of ___, aka, IMDB of Clothes. I'm sure you can come up with a more appealing one-liner!
They are very corporate as you can see. You might be able to find areas where they fall short(markets not served, poor implementation, etc) and focus on those areas. If you do a good enough job they may be a possible exit strategy for you.
Last time I checked seenon, they picked like 7 items from the latest movie and ran those as exclusive offers for a week. There are tons of sites that pick out a few items and write blog posts about them or something.
We're trying to be more than that. We want to catalog items and provide a more comprehensive, permanent database. We also focus on similar (dress-for-less) items. Shows like Gossip Girl routinely have $5000+ items that have very similar knockoffs available.
Right. In a lot of ways cool spotters is a competitor. I think the main difference is that we're focused on connecting people to the show itself rather than an individual celebrity.
I believe our design and positioning is also better than CS. We're looking to move to working directly with designers rather than creating a big community of people who upload random snapshots of shows/celebrities. There are a lot of designers out there who would love more exposure and we're hoping to give it to them.
ASOS used to do this in a basic way and built a huge following amongst women. Nowadays they're more of a typical online fashion store: http://www.asos.com/
My wife says that ASOS didn't categorise by show/actor quite like this.
Tom Haverford wore this coat on Parks and Recreation a few weeks back that was very nice. I went to reddit and there were multiple threads asking about it -- a men's coat. This is a good idea.
Why isn't it possible for me to pick what episode I want to see the accessories from? The first thing I want to do after clicking "Gossip Girl" is pick the episode.
[+] [-] kmfrk|14 years ago|reply
I imagine the vampire shows will also be very popular, if you add them. The Glee Project as well.
Less excited about the Facebook log-in, but it's better than nothing for those with an account.
If I were you, I'd shop the site around to gossip sites like Perez, Popsugar and Buzznet as opposed to the tech sites like Techcrunch most of us think of.
I'd be interested to see to which degree this is a "website" versus a "start-up", but time will tell. Just remember that you should start this at a grassroots level with places like Zetaboards-powered forums. You'd also be doing yourself a major disservice, if you did not integrate a Tumblr blog with the site to capitalize on its viral capacity and its central fan demographic; Tumblr is basically the new Livejournal for TV show blather.
[+] [-] newbusox|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] tansey|14 years ago|reply
In principal, there should be a system to do this automatically. What we're seeing is that Hollywood has trouble getting it in place. Lots of issues arise and it's been tried before, but at the end of the day it has never been executed well. Our goal is to execute in progressively bigger steps until we can be working directly with the studios, but that's a long way away. :)
[+] [-] DeanCollinsLCC|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] IanDrake|14 years ago|reply
Having the ability to crowd source the answers seems like a good idea, but might be difficult to manage poor suggestions. I couldn't tell if there was some kind of "karma" type score for users that get the best answer.
[+] [-] Stwerner|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] viraptor|14 years ago|reply
> Log in to Curvio with your Facebook account
... but will probably never log in.
[+] [-] tansey|14 years ago|reply
We tried to use FB sparingly. It's useful to us because if you want to post comments or suggest an item, it's now much more likely you're going to tie it to your account. This hopefully helps reduce spam, on top of the obvious benefits of sharing with others in your feed. You can also "love" (vote up + save) items if you're logged in.
The flip side is that the site is very usable without ever logging in, which is fine too. The login is only needed if you're trying to discuss or further interact with the site. I think it's a pretty good balance.
[+] [-] damncabbage|14 years ago|reply
I'll spread the link around and see what happens.
[+] [-] samstave|14 years ago|reply
1) Where do you get the data?
2) Will you do movies? I'd like to know what shirt Daniel Craig is wearing in several scenes from "The girl with the dragon tatoo" -- I'd like to know what shoes and suit Ryan gosling was wearing in "Crazy Stupid Love" etc...
3) if you get information from the costume designers/stylists of these shows - do they get a commission on sales of items from their designs?
Also - Post this to Quora and try to get the interest of Ashton Kutcher - he is very active on Quora, a well known startup investor and obviously entrenched in Hollywood.
[+] [-] kmfrk|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] pwf|14 years ago|reply
http://www.curvio.com/glee/season-3/episode-10/yes-no/quinn-...
Clicking the sweater would normally take me to an online store I assume, but on this page it leads to a 403 on the J. Crew images server.
[+] [-] Stwerner|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] ljf|14 years ago|reply
Definitely a gap in the market for this, esp if it's done well. Good luck!
[+] [-] siculars|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] hhastings|14 years ago|reply
In my opinion, you should really avoid calling yourself the ___ of ___, aka, IMDB of Clothes. I'm sure you can come up with a more appealing one-liner!
[+] [-] dfragnito|14 years ago|reply
They are very corporate as you can see. You might be able to find areas where they fall short(markets not served, poor implementation, etc) and focus on those areas. If you do a good enough job they may be a possible exit strategy for you.
[+] [-] tansey|14 years ago|reply
Last time I checked seenon, they picked like 7 items from the latest movie and ran those as exclusive offers for a week. There are tons of sites that pick out a few items and write blog posts about them or something.
We're trying to be more than that. We want to catalog items and provide a more comprehensive, permanent database. We also focus on similar (dress-for-less) items. Shows like Gossip Girl routinely have $5000+ items that have very similar knockoffs available.
[+] [-] minouye|14 years ago|reply
http://coolspotters.com/tv-shows/gossip-girl
http://coolspotters.com/characters/beatrice-grimaldi/and/tv-...
[+] [-] tansey|14 years ago|reply
I believe our design and positioning is also better than CS. We're looking to move to working directly with designers rather than creating a big community of people who upload random snapshots of shows/celebrities. There are a lot of designers out there who would love more exposure and we're hoping to give it to them.
[+] [-] coob|14 years ago|reply
http://curvio.com/criminal-minds - black jeans 'from $187' http://curvio.com/criminal-minds/season-7/episode-10/the-bit... - has jeans at $25.
[+] [-] tansey|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] samirahmed|14 years ago|reply
One would be to have a mens section of the site, or a filter for mens items.
Additionally, I would recommend a little more emphasis on the ui design. At the moment, I would place it at good enough.
Customers coming to the site are looking for fashionable clothes, so your web design has to match that.
[+] [-] DeanCollinsLCC|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] prawn|14 years ago|reply
My wife says that ASOS didn't categorise by show/actor quite like this.
[+] [-] tylerwl|14 years ago|reply
Be the first to know when new shows are added!
You could also add a form to the individual show pages by simply replacing "shows" with "episodes".
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[+] [-] tansey|14 years ago|reply
You click a show, then we show you a preview of each episode (top 4 items) from the most recent season.
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